2 From North Carolina Charged In Hempstead Murder: Police

Garden City NY

28 January, 2021

9:11 AM

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HEMPSTEAD, NY — Nassau County police arrested two people from North Carolina, including a teenager, for the murder of a 40-year-old Hempstead man earlier this month. According to police, Hempstead police officers responded to a Shot Spotter notification at 8:35 p.m. on Jan. 12, near the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Dakota Place. When they arrived, they found Ricardo Cardona, 40, of Hempstead, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. An ambulance responded to the scene, and a paramedic pronounced Cardona dead. On Jan. 27, police arrested Diego Avila-Huicab, 31, of Robbins, North Carolina, and a 16-year-old male, of Sanford, North Carolina, for the murder. They are both charged with second-degree murder, and are scheduled to be arraigned later today.